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title: Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time». What does th… — The coach who shouts and parents on th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time». What does the science say? Test 1 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 1 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline

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Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time». What does the science say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, they, Coach, science · **What happens:** scream, try, work, say · **To what, where:** Coach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:1
# text = Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time».
1	Coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	scream	scream	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | I | Coach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Topic |
| 2 | **try** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **work** *in a quote* | present | Coach |  |  |  | time |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the science say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:2
# text = What does the science say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the science |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fear usually makes skills worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:o1:1
# text = Fear usually makes skills worse
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Fear | skills |  |  |  | bad, usually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kids' brains need loud alarms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:o2:1
# text = Kids' brains need loud alarms
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	alarms	alarm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Kids's brains | loud alarms |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot alarm=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Screaming improves fine footwork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:o3:1
# text = Screaming improves fine footwork
1	Screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	improves	improve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	footwork	footwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **improve** | present |  | fine footwork |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent footwork=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It works only for goalkeepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline:t1:o4:1
# text = It works only for goalkeepers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	goalkeepers	goalkeeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for goalkeepers | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for goalkeeper=Beneficiary |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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